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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
cockscomb
 
SYLLABICATION:cocks·comb
PRONUNCIATION:  kkskm
NOUN:1. The comb of a rooster. 2. The cap of a jester, decorated to resemble the comb of a rooster. 3. An annual plant (Celosia cristata) widely cultivated for its showy, fan-shaped or plumelike clusters of red or yellow flowers. Also called celosia. 4. Obsolete Variant of coxcomb (sense 1).
 
 
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